falktx @falktx@mastodon.falktx.com

It is release day! and night, because I am always late for these things.

Anyhow, first of the set is here, and it is Cardinal 22.07 🐦
https://kx.studio/News/?action=view&url=cardinal-2207-released

Mostly bugfixes this time, hoping keyboard input is more reliable now.

I see signs of great design.
3 of the plugins listed (with names visible) are VST3 and 2 are VST2. Can you tell which is which?

PS: The order is not consistent, VST3 is first for one, VST3 is last for the other. 🤦‍♂️

Trying a bunch of daws for helping debug plugin related issues, I am seriously impressed how bad Steinberg makes everything.

Want to download a trial? Here, please write your email so we can send a link. Oh and please subscribe to our newsletter before continuing, and no, you cannot install a demo without subscribing.

What's that, you want to use the app now? Oh silly, you need to download a manager, to then a licenser, to download the app.

Why???
err I will need a clean OS install after this

Hi folks, if you use Cardinal please help a bit with testing for the keyboard input issue.
Way too many reports of things that work or dont work, it is a mess..

I have made a ticket to track down exactly where things are working, and where they are not.
https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/issues/304

If you'd be so kind, please start your daw, run through the test criteria, and write results at the end.
Thanks!

btw, the "Cardinal WebApp" (is that what we should call it?) now features audio input, MIDI and dynamic buffer size changes, all accessible in the engine menu.

https://cardinal.kx.studio/

Almost viable as a production tool.
With touch events this might get even more useful, need to try to set that up next...

This web stuff testing is sorta addicting.
More like, cannot stop until investigating and checking everything that is possible.

Right now it is LV2 plugins.
Got artyfx, die-plugins (from ardour) fomp and mda.
https://falktx.com/data/wasm/Ildaeil-FX.html 👀

It just works for some reason... 🤷

Is your PC powerful enough to run this Cardinal patch?
https://cardinal.kx.studio/?patchstorage=wasm-house-loop

(after loading the page click on the "run" button on the top-left-most plugin, named clocked)

This was shared to me by someone else, my PC is unable to render it without glitches 😂

What about yours, can your PC handle it?

For those following the cardinal web saga, I deleted the old files on my personal domain.
Instead you can now use https://cardinal.kx.studio/ for Cardinal in the web shenanigans.

All 922 modules are in! 🚀 🚀 🚀

I keep writing about it, not sure if annoying or cool...

Anyhow, file dialogs for importing and exporting patches, samples etc works on the the Cardinal web thingy now.

Can upload mp3 files and play them. Previously loaded files are kept in memory, so they appear on the list.
Neat 📸

Cardinal weby web thing now better, loads modules without tripping. 🚀
https://falktx.com/data/wasm/CardinalSynth.html

Added the missing ValleyAudio and ChowDSP that failed to build before.

And there is file open and save, though you need to save first before you can open. Dont ask...

Maybe later with WebMIDI this can be even more useful. Maybe touch events too, why not.

For now I am happy with the results. Great progress in just a few days, something that was mostly for trying out and testing. But works so well!

Updated Cardinal web thingy again, now with 899 modules. 😂
https://falktx.com/data/wasm/CardinalSynth.html

I am actually amazed this works as well as it does.
I skipped ChowDSP and ValleyAudio, everything else just built as-is without changes.

Made some changes to the page loading layout too, so it resizes with the window now.

There is still a "crash" when adding modules, but you can click away (outside the module browser dialog) to close it, and the module will be on the Rack.

oh hey, it is Cardinal in the browser!
https://falktx.com/data/wasm/CardinalSynth.html

Still very fragile, very early steps.
But the whole thing is there, and amazing that it renders just like the desktop version. 😱

This is VERY promising!

Oh and the Kars and Nekobi options now play something too :D

No one asked for this, but have you thought of running Carla and plugins on the browser?

I have been studying and testing web assembly recently, using emscripten to compile regular C++ code.
There are quite some restrictions and quirkiness (everything runs on the main thread, even audio), but with some effort it is possible to make it work.

First real test, Ildaeil-Synth.
https://falktx.com/data/wasm/Ildaeil-Synth.html

1. select "Audio File" from the list
2. click "Load plugin"
3. enjoy some music

Cardinal 22.06 release is here!
https://kx.studio/News/?action=view&url=cardinal-2206-released

Has a few new modules and quite some bugfixes.
Enjoy!

Quite some fixes done on Cardinal side today, but no release. One thing I want to fix got sidetracked while we found a few other things to fix on stream.
But there is always tomorrow.

Hmm peertube no longer announces streams, but starting one for Cardinal 22.06 release preparations.

https://peertube.kx.studio/w/1TgCc6ur8NvKjiHHF3C9gv

Still testing the waters, dont expect quality content 😊

Preparing things for yet another Cardinal release.
It is kinda being 1 per month, so why stop now.

Updated module docs, you can see the new ones in https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/blob/main/docs/CARDINAL-MODULES.md

No release today, will try tomorrow.
If you spot any unreported issues on the nightly builds, please speak now!